Broken Wings: A Novel (Arkana S.) - Softcover

Cole, Juan; Gibran, Kahlil; Waterfield, Robin

3.96

24,416 ratings by Goodreads

9780140195514: Broken Wings: A Novel (Arkana S.)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140195513 ISBN 13: 9780140195514

Publisher: Penguin, 1998

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

A remarkable tale of doomed passion , BROKEN WINGS is set in turn-of-the-century Beirut. A young man falls in love with a woman betrothed to the nephew of a leading churchman. When their secret meetings are discovered, she is confined to the house and their beautiful dreams are crushed by a cruel and repressive society. Drawing on personal experience, Gibran describes their emotional trauma with considerable insight. The narrative also illuminates a number of Gibran's central concerns: the plight of Eastern women; wealth as an impediment to happiness; the greed and corruption of the clergy, and the overwhelming power of love to transport us into a transcendent realm.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

From the Back Cover:

Kahlil Gibran deeply stirred readers the world over with "The Prophet", a modern classic of surpassing beauty and moral grandeur. In "The Broken Wings", the Lebanese poet-philosopher reveals the same artistry and wisdom that have enshrined his name in the hearts of millions as an "Immortal Prophet" and a "Dante of the Twentieth Century".

This is the exquisitely tender story of a love that beats desperately against the taboos of Oriental tradition. With great sensitivity and lyricism, Gibran describes his passion as a youth for Selma Karamy, the beautiful girl of Beirut who first unfolded to him the secrets of love. But it is a love that is doomed by a social convention which forces Selma into marriage with another man.

Portraying the exalted happiness and infinite sorrow of his relationship with Selma, Gibran at the same time probes the spiritual meaning of human existence with profound compassion. And he does so in a poetic prose that has magic and majesty.

About the Author:

Poet, philosopher and artist, Kahlil Gibran is considered by many to have been a genius of his age. His poetry alone has been translated into more than twenty languages and his drawings and paintings have been exhibited all over the world. His many works include THE PROPHET, a masterpiece of religious inspiration; THE GARDEN OF THE PROPHET, THE STORM, THE BELOVED and JESUS: THE SON OF MAN.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.